Stocks in Russia decrease at the close of transactions; The MOEX Russia Index fell 1.63% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, it lost 1.63%.

The best performers of the session on the were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX: ), which was up 5.16% or 276.00 points to trade at 5,625.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus PJSC (MCX: ) was up 2.65% or 349.50 points to end at 13,539.00 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: ) was up 2.63% or 33.00 points , up to 1,286.00 at the end of transactions.

The worst performers of the session were Magnit PJSC (MCX: ), which fell 7.60% or 430.50 points to trade at 5,236.50 at the close. ROSSETI PJSC (MCX: ) declined 2.48% or 0.00 points to end at 0.08 and TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX: ) declined 2.42% or 63.50 points to end at 0.08 at 2,560.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 186 to 66 and 3 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia index options, fell 1.67% to 30.11.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.96%, or 25.40, to $2,684.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 3.80%, or 2.59, to $70.76 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to $74.60 per barrel.

USD/RUB fell 0.01% to 95.85, while EUR/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 106.10.

US dollar index futures rose 0.42% to 100.94.